Basic autonomy as a fundamental step in the synthesis of life

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-259

  Ruiz Mirazo, Kepa ^a,b   Moreno, Alvaro ^c,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

(Basic)autonomy; Artifial synthesis of (cellular) proto metabolisms; Autopoiesis; Open ended evaluation; Origins and definition of life

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MACROMOLECULES; METABOLISM; PHYSICS;

ARTIFICIAL SYNTHESIS; AUTONOMY; AUTOPOIESIS; OPEN ENDED EVOLUTION; PROTOMETABOLISM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; LIFE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 3242708571     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1064546041255584     Document Type: Article

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